EXCLUSIVE: Unsealed Records Name ‘Banker’
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FINTRAC Warns Financial Sector of Proliferation Financing, Sanctions Evasion Risks
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada released a Special Bulletin that outlines the methods used by state and non-state actors to evade counter-proliferation sanctions and finance the development of weapons of mass destruction.
UK Adds Palestine Action, Two Others to List of Proscribed Terrorist Groups
The U.K. Home Office published an updated list of extremist groups or organizations banned under law and subject to domestic and international financial sanctions regimes that target terrorist activities.
AUSTRAC Briefs Minister for Home Affairs on Fighting Financial Crime
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre announced that it presented information on the agency’s fight against financial crime during a visit by Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke.
NCA Supports International Operation Targeting Major Scam Center in India
The National Crime Agency announced that it supported an international operation targeting a fraud call center in India that utilized spoofed phone numbers to trick victims into believing they were being contacted by employees of Microsoft.
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Michael Bruno, an AML manager at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, discuss efforts to combat check fraud and money laundering.